Farhan Rana

Farhan Rana is the Joseph P. Ripley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. He earned his BS, MS, and PhD from MIT and leads the Semiconductor Optoelectronics Group at Cornell, focusing on graphene, 2D materials, and semiconductor nanostructures. His research bridges experimental condensed matter physics and optoelectronic device engineering.

• Current Research Focus
• Ultrafast Spectroscopy
• Terahertz Microphotonics
• Quantum Optics
• Plasmonics and Nanostructures

His group specializes in graphene optoelectronics, terahertz devices, and ultrafast semiconductor lasers. Recent work explores valley-dependent optical phenomena, exciton dynamics, and plasmon-phonon interactions in 2D materials.

Key trends in his publications include graphene plasmonics, MoS2 photodetectors, and terahertz spectroscopy. He has contributed to foundational studies on carrier relaxation in graphene and quantum cascade lasers.

• 3× Michael A. Tien Excellence in Teaching Award (2006, 2010, 2017)
• NSF Career Award (2004)
• DARPA Young Faculty Investigator (2008)
• IEEE 'Most Downloaded Paper' (2008)
• MRS Best Paper Ribbon (2004)

His students have received prestigious fellowships and awards, with alumni like Jared Strait (National Defense Science Fellowship) and Haining Wang (Cornell Best PhD Thesis). The group actively mentors graduate and undergraduate researchers.